The fungal zombies are coming for the Oscars.
Sunday night’s fourth episode of the series pulled in 7.5 million viewers across linear broadcasts and the HBO Max streaming platform, according to the network, up 17% from Episode 3 and a whopping 60% above the series debut in January.
If “The Last of Us” continues to grow at that rate, picking up new fans like so many Cordyceps-infected victims — and if the Oscars has an abysmal night, flirting once again with the record-low viewership of 9.8 million it hit in 2021 — things could get interesting.The redemptive moment of Beyoncé finally winning album of the year never came, and as beloved as Harry Styles might be, the show ended on a low note.
Still, realistically speaking, “The Last of Us” will probably not pull in enough viewers to pose a real threat to the Oscars. The most-watched show in HBO history is 2019’s series finale of “Game of Thrones,” which drew in 19.3 million viewers — a tally that took that series 9 years to build and one that “The Last of Us” is highly unlikely to reach in its initial season.
That said, while the Oscars will probably be able to claim a ratings victory that evening, with “The Last of Us” available for delayed viewing via HBO Max, the series finale’s total viewership could well end up topping that of the Academy Awards. Through its first few episodes, the show has averaged more than 20 million viewers including those who streamed it in the week after it aired.
In the end, the fact that an awards show that once claimed to draw a billion viewers globally need even concern itself with competition from a mere cable series shows a sign of how dramatically the landscape has shifted.
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